Prior Information Notice - North Park Health Centre

NHS England Cheshire & Merseyside is the accountable and contracting authority for the provision of local GP practice services in Cheshire and Merseyside.

NHS England Cheshire & Merseyside is proposing to commission an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract which is currently delivered from North Park Health Centre, 290 Knowsley Road, Bootle, Liverpool L20 5DQ. It will be a requirement that the services are offered from the current premises. As at October 2015, the list size of the practice is 6,179.

The aim of the services is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients of this GP practice.

It is proposed that the terms and conditions of service, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in General Medical Services (GMS) contracts.

Social Value - Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authorities must consider:

(i) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area ("area" is the geographic area for which the procurement is taking place); and (ii) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England. It is managing this process for and on behalf NHS England (Cheshire & Merseyside) (the contracting authority).

To express an interest, please register on the In-Tend e-Tendering portal, which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs. Once registered, you will be able to view details of the opportunity by selecting the “Tenders” tab, and then selecting “Forthcoming Tenders”. To view further information on the specific opportunity, click the button marked “View Details”. From this area, you will be able to express your interest by selecting the button marked “Express Interest”.

It is free to register on the portal. If you require further assistance, a help guide can be found on the portal. Alternatively, a dedicated helpdesk is available on 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) / [email protected].

Please be aware that all communications and submissions will be conducted via the NECS In-Tend portal.

It should be noted that this facility allows organisations to express an interest in this service and is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. It is intended as an awareness and communication exercise. An Expression of Interest is no indication of commitment to nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those providers who do submit an interest.

It is envisaged that the tender documentation for the re-procurement of these services will be issued during February 2016, with an anticipated services commencement date of 1st October 2016.